Crafted to contain even your most nefarious magic-users!
April might've extended to include last Sunday, at least as far as we are concerned; but yet another month officially appearing on the calendar has not been lost on us! They just pass by so quickly. Apparently this time around we are meant to take a side trip from the current underwater explorations and revisit this curious place called Violet Hold.
Once again, a dose of Warcraft universe lore comes in handy to explain the background theme and the flavor text here. Violet Hold is actually a prison found in the floating city of Dalaran (which we even happened to visit in Hearthstone as part of the Rise of Shadows' solo adventure content). This secure vault has been magically enhanced to store all kinds of powerful (usually) evil entities, as ruled by the governing body of the Kirin Tor group of mages.
Perhaps not the most obvious choice as this May's card back option, it should appeal to any fans of subdued purple tinged with blue. The design is fairly simple for a change. You know the deal - anyone can acquire it just by winning 5 ranked constructed games over the next few weeks.
As always, if you want to look at Hearthstone card backs, we've got an entire gallery dedicated to just that!
What Happened Last Month in Hearthstone?
It was an absolutely massive one with the Year of the Hydra commencing, Standard rotation taking place, the new Voyage to the Sunken City expansion coming out, and seemingly hundreds of other interesting things taking place. If you'd like to refresh your memory with a very detailed recap for April 2022 before heading forward, we've got just the one available here!
Notable Hearthstone Events for May 2022
We've had a pretty good success rate with our previous list of all notable events for the month (not that there were any hard "predictions"), and we don't expect this May to be that much different or withholding any great surprises from us. But it could be just enough to keep everyone entertained. Let's take a closer look!
Fortunately for our little 'fashionably late' overview, nothing of note (that we didn't already know about) has really happened over the past two days. But that changes starting pretty much right now:
- May 3 - Warcraft Mobile Game Reveal
- May 3-5 - Orange Open #1 (same format as the Masters Tour competitions)
- May 10 - Hearthstone Patch 23.2 bringing Naga to the Battlegrounds & More
- May 12 - Current Dust Refund Window for Changed Cards Ends (this is more than the usual 2 weeks, could be Blizzard's blog typo)
- May 14-15 - Battlegrounds Lobby Legends #2: Noblegarden
- Until May 25 - 2nd Legendary Card From Prime Gaming
We'll be sure to let you know if anything else comes up! The Hearthstone team likes to keep things close to their vest, which means we don't usually get advanced schedules to work with.
Shop Deals Expiring
- May 3 - Battlegrounds Heroes Champions of Shadow skins
- May ? - Battlegrounds Board Cosmic Study (it's still listed as expiring on April 4 in the Battle.net shop...)
- May ? - Voyage to the Sunken City Rank 1 & 2 Bundles (only available through the in-game shop)
- May 9 - Sunken Treasures Battlegrounds Bundle, Leeroy Jenkins Bundle, Legendary Mercenary Bundle
- May 9 - Battlegrounds Perks (not going away, just the semi-regular discount expected to happen afterwards)
- May 31 - Onyxia's Lair Mini-Set (this was previously set to April 4 by Blizzard, obviously incorrectly)
Enjoy your stay in the tavern, below or above water accordingly with personal preferences! What's on your own schedule for May, and did anything escape our attention?
Comments
For me, Prime Gaming says the legendary card unlock ends in 22 days, which would be the 25th of May.
Do you know when the refunds for the last round of nerfs end? I have a few Sunken packs that I haven't opened yet because I'd like to claim the golden epics from the reward track first, but if it takes me too long to reach level 75 it might be better to open them anyway in case I'll unpack nerfed cards.
It's listed as May 12 in the article
I sneaked that dust refund update in a little later, but yes, that's what the Hearthstone blog post currently states. I'm not sure whether to fully trust it as the normal 2 week period would end on May 10, so this little extension is rather curious if it's not a mistake. Unless we get another confirmation from the blue, I'd probably be wary.
I see I'm not the only one with the hopes of still dodging School Teacher from the packs, such an annoying pesky system. It is as you say however, usually better to bank on pulling more refunded cards for dust.
Thanks for the Prime Gaming clarification, will update the date!
I believe I crafted both copies because I wanted to try a deck that used it (played 10 games, lost them all, decided deck was trash) before I got that far in the rewards track. I'll definitely be dusting them once I get my golden copies.